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Article at a glance: Audio books: Key resource to struggling readers

Stolzfus, K. (2016). Audiobooks Support K-12 Students in the Classroom. EdWeek. September, 2016 and Willingham, D. Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do. Jossey-Bass, 2015.

Purpose of the Article:The purpose of the article is to understand audiobooks as a critical support for readers in the K-12 classroom—particularly for those who struggle to read print books.

Background Information:

With the proliferation of technology in the classroom, there is an increasing embrace of digital content, including audiobooks, in most schools across the nation.

Nearly 70% of American schools provide audiobook experiences for their students.

Reading words in print involves two processes—comprehension and "decoding."

Developing listening comprehension skills is a way to strengthen and support reading comprehension.

Today's students are provided with more alternatives for reading media than students in any previous generation.

Key Findings:Audiobooks are found to have the following benefits:

Studies show comprehension is equivalent whether a reader is listening or reading.

Audiobooks improve students' reading scores, increase students' positive attitudes about their reading ability, and offer students more personal choice in what they read.

The use of audiobooks can help all students read books above their reading level or learn new vocabulary.

Audiobooks provide opportunities for new and collaborative learning experiences.

There are many new and supportive methods in which to bring audiobooks into the classroom experience.

Application of Key Findings to Boardmaker Instructional Solutions:

Boardmaker Instructional Solutions are text-based curricula and include a text-to-speech component that parallels the audiobook experience.

The majority of students and classrooms that benefit from Boardmaker Instructional Solutions include students who read below grade level.

The majority of students that benefit from Boardmaker Instructional Solutions benefit from accessing learning materials in alternate formats.

Vocabulary development is a primary focus of Boardmaker Instructional Solutions.

The development of listening comprehension is a key instructional component to Boardmaker Instructional Solutions as these programs endeavor to engage students and to create a climate of positivity and capacity around reading development.